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BBC News
19-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Washington's Victoria Viaduct work planned for Metro expansion
Work on a disused Grade II* listed railway bridge could help support plans to extend a Metro which runs the Tyne and Wear Metro, has applied to Sunderland City Council to carry our investigation works at Victoria Viaduct in work would assess the condition of the 1838 structure to support a proposed extension of the Metro network to the town."Inspections are needed to ensure that the viaduct is up to the task of supporting a live railway," planning documents said. In a heritage statement, Nexus said the bridge over the river Wear was completed on Queen Victoria's coronation day, from whom it takes its name, and cost just over £40, was designed by Thomas Elliot Harrison and James Walker and historically carried the main line between London and closed to passenger trains in 1964, but continued to be used for freight transport until the nearby Follingsby freight terminal closed in documents said the investigation work would be carried out following best practice for heritage structures and minimising visual and physical month it was announced that the Metro extension to Washington would open in 2033, with a £1.85bn government plans are yet to be finalised, the proposed route would extend the line from South Hylton and cross over the Victoria Viaduct, before reaching a Washington South station to be located in the Fatfield and Teal Farm area. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Business case approved for Birmingham tram extension
A business case for the next phase of extension work to Birmingham's tram system has been approved after councillors heard the line would "unlock" the redevelopment at Birmingham City's new football Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) bosses said completing sections three and four, between Park Street and Meriden Street, was "crucial" for the Midland Metro line to reach the east of the city and Blues' £3bn Sports Quarter work is part of the Birmingham Eastside Extension project and will also provide a transport link to HS2 at Curzon Street and support regeneration in first phase was completed in August. Birmingham City Council leader John Cotton said the importance of the new route went beyond the benefits to Digbeth and was about how the extension could help to "unlock the full potential" of east Birmingham. "The Metro extension has to be a key part of how we drive that change," Cotton added. 'Connecting to opportunity' The WMCA board approved £107m of funding for the second phase of the project, of which West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker said he had fast-tracked more than £62m to enable the phase to start this year."This line is about more than transport, it's about connecting people in Birmingham and the Black Country to opportunity."It's already drawing in major investment and helping to breathe new life into this part of the city centre," he added. However, Parker said the extension had "taken too long"."The sooner we deliver it, the sooner we bring in the jobs, homes and regeneration promised by the Sports Quarter."Blues' proposals include a new 60,000-seater stadium, sports campus of training facilities, a new academy, community pitches as well as leisure, commercial and residential development. Work at the section three site, from Park Street to New Canal Street (Curzon Street Station), cannot begin until 2026 when HS2 hands over the area to Midland transport bosses hope to start the main construction work on section four, New Canal Street to Meriden Street, later this year, with preparatory works already under way. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
